The man, about 22 years old, died at 10:55 a.m. at University Medical Center, police spokesman Bill Morgan said. His former girlfriend, also about 22, suffered multiple gunshot wounds but was in good condition at Covenant Medical Center.

The woman's mother, who tried to stop the attack on her daughter, and two officers who entered the house were not injured.

Officers were called to 5411 89th St. about 10:15 a.m. on a report of an armed intruder. A 911 dispatcher heard yelling and commotion in the background of the telephone call.

Police and firemen gather in the front yard of 5411-89th Street Wednesday morning after a shooting in which police shot and killed a man who had apparently shot his ex-girlfriend.

A-J photo/Joe Don Buckner

As the first two officers arrived, they heard at least one gunshot, Morgan said. They entered the house and went to the kitchen.

"They encountered the suspect standing over his apparent ex-girlfriend, still armed and menacing the woman he had already shot," Morgan said.

The woman's mother was trying to pull the man away from her daughter.

One officer fired two shots into the man's torso, Morgan said.

An American flag flies in the driveway of a home next door to 5411-89th Street while police investigators gather in the front yard of a house which was the scene of a shooting Wenesday morning.

A-J photo/Joe Don Buckner

Police withheld the names of all the involved parties until their families could be notified. Morgan said he expects to release their identities later today.

Police were called to the same house about 7:45 a.m. today. The 911 caller told a dispatcher that her former boyfriend was chasing her mother, Morgan said.

When police arrived, the suspect had fled the scene. Officers made an assault report on the incident and left.

The shooting victim, her mother and the victim's 10-year-old twin brothers live at the house.

Elizabeth Langton can be contacted at 766-8795 or blangton@lubbockonline.com